SLM Corp (SLM) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Slm (SLM) recorded Retained Earnings of $5.04 billion in Q2 2026, up 13.9% from $4.43 billion a year earlier and up 0.6% from the prior quarter.
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SLM Corp (SLM) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Slm reported Retained Earnings of $4.73 billion, up 15.1% from FY2024.
- Annual Retained Earnings has increased for five straight years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 22.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Retained Earnings came in at $4.11 billion in FY2024 (+13.5%), $3.62 billion in FY2023 (+14.6%), $3.16 billion in FY2022 (+12.3%) and $2.82 billion in FY2021 (+63.6%).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to Q2 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Retained Earnings has increased for 22 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 13.2% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Retained Earnings ran from 6.6% in Q3 2023 to 95.2% in Q3 2021.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $5.01 billion (Q1 2026), $4.73 billion (Q4 2025) and $4.53 billion (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.04 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.01 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.73 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.53 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.43 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.39 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.11 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.03 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.11 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.88 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.62 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.49 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.49 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.25 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.16 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.27 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.23 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.91 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.82 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.54 Bn |
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SLM Corp Retained Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=SLM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "ticker": "SLM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=SLM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();